Log, kept by Henry C. Murdock, relating to a whaling voyage to the South Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans; Includes descriptions of types of whales seen or taken, mutiny, and indigenous people; and whale stamps. Other places represented include Pernambuco, Juan Fernandez Islands, Lahaina, Oahu, Galapagos Islands, Tumbes, Paita, Mariana Islands, and Honolulu; Whaling vessel, out of Wareham, Mass., mastered by Benjamin F. Gibbs, on voyage from 17 Nov. 1847-17 Mar. 1850, to the False Banks, On the Line, near Kodiak, Northwest Coast, On Shore, Bonin, Sea of Japan, Japan, Coast of Japan, Kamchatka Coast, Anadyr Sea whaling grounds; owner-agent: S.C. Gibbs; built at Wareham, Mass., in 1832

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